2020
ALL-COLLEGE CHORUS Marla Baldwin, Choral Division Chair Dr. Pearl Shangkuan, Conductor Maila Springfield, Accompanist Dr. Ianthe Marini, Organizer January 24, 2020
A sought after conductor and clinician all across the United States and internationally, Dr. Pearl Shangkuan is a professor of Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she directs choirs and teaches choral conducting and choral literature. She is also the chorus master (endowed Covenant Chair) of the Grammy-nominated Grand Rapids Symphony. Her performances and preparation of choruses consistently receive outstanding reviews for their combination of precision, artistry and passion. In addition to her Mosaic: the Pearl Shangkuan choral series for earthsongs, she serves as the music editor of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship choral series, published by GIA. Her choirs have performed at national, division and state conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and other professional music conferences in the United States. Recent conducting engagements took her to Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, and all across the United States. She has conducted honor choirs for several ACDA divisions and has been a headliner for various ACDA state conferences. She has led performances and given workshops all across the US and in Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and the Philippines), as well as in Austria, Australia, and Canada. Dr. Shangkuan has served as guest faculty in prominent professional programs in the US including the Chorus America national conference conducting masterclass and its A Capella Conducting Masterclass, the University of Michigan Choral Conducting Symposium, the Westminster Choir College Summer Session among many others. She has conducted all-state, honor choirs and festivals in numerous states. She has served on the National Board of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) as the president of the Central Division (2007-09), and as Michigan ACDA state president (2003-05). Prior to her appointment at Calvin College, Dr. Shangkuan taught at Rutgers University and at the Westminster Conservatory of Music of Rider University in New Jersey. Recipient of the Grand Rapids YWCA’s Tribute! Award for outstanding professional women, she is also a past recipient of its Woman of Achievement award. Dr. Shangkuan has also served on the national board of the Choristers Guild and the board of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association and the New Jersey ACDA. She is a member of the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association), Chorus America, IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music), and is a member of the Phi Kappa Lambda and Mu Phi Epsilon Music Honor Societies. A student of pre-eminent American choral conductor and New York Philharmonic chorusmaster Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, she received a Bachelor of Music in Church Music summa cum laude and Master of Music in Choral Conducting with distinction from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
ALL-COLLEGE CHORUS MUSIC SELEC TIONS In virtute Tua........................................................................................Grzegorz G. Gorczycki ed. Bausano And Sure Stars Shining....................................................................................................Z. Randall Stroope Ave Maris Stella..........................................................................................................................Mark Thomas Sonaba, Pasas de mi Calle from “Poemas de Amor”.......................................................Stephen Paulus Arise, My Soul, Arise....................................................................................................................Dan Forrest This is the Day.........................................................................................................................Keith Hampton
ALL-COLLEGE CHORUS PARTICIPANTS AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY Director: Julie Neish Courtney Bartlett Cathie Botts Tai Generette Rhett Lever Danny Roush Alex Thomas Cam Troedsson Alayna Usher BRENAU UNIVERSITY Director: Robert Ivey Lainie Ewers Megan Heck Amelia Lathem Riley Smith COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY Director: Ianthe Marini Joshua Butler Sam Desir Emily Earnest Kara Hammonds GEORGIA COLLEGE Director: Jennifer Flory Allison Crane Avery Garrett Richard Guyton Reed Manderfield Charles Pepper Devin Prather Seth Rozelle Grace Summerour
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Director: David Langley Jackson Hamilton Morgan Johns Emma Kelley Amare McJolly Nehemiah Robertson Zachary Roshaven Amber Wade Savannah Williams GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Director: Jennifer Sengin Joe Jerome Lyndi Kemp Ava Maalouf Amar Ranhotra Brandon Smith Jade Thames Madison Tiegren Caleb Walker GEORGIA TECH SCHOOL OF MUSIC Director: Jerry Ulrich Stephen Eick Kaitlin Evans` Donald Gee Tanya Kiryutina Zion Martell Will Scott Anna Wang Bruce Yang POINT UNIVERSITY Director: Donna Weaver Daniel Addai Michael Blackburn Kaylah Bumpers Eli Caldwell Winston Muckle Paisley Patterson Kourtney Ramsey Tori Roberts Caroline Stinson Hannah Thrower Nick Trammell Sophia Wise
REINHARDT UNIVERSITY Director: Melissa Arasi Katelynn Crossan Amani Jones Jaime Mandujano John Pawlenko UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Director: Daniel Bara Jennilee Burton Maggie Christine Ryan Eck Matthew Elsey David Johnson Sidney Mulkey Harrison Stenson Leslie Wasendorf UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA Director: Benjamin Schoening Haley Dover Matthew Kimbrough Sawyer Kitchens Camden Pruitt UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA Director: Kevin Hibbard Tré Gregory Kayla Pérez Alyssa Pinson Coleman Ryan Angel Sneed Justin Tarver Emily Thomas Zay Warren YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE Director: Jeff Bauman Kanani Crandall Mikayla Escamilla Deanna Greene Kristian Mitchell Caleb Rains Henrique Sobrinho Sierra Waever Paul Williams